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VOLUME XVL
HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 185L
NUMBER 23.
The Future I^ife.
BV WILLIAM C. BRYANT.
How shall I know thcc in tbo sphere nhicb keeps The discmbodie-.l spirits of the dead?
Wlien all of thee that tims could wither sloepi And perishes among the dust wo trcadi
For I shnll foel tho "ting of ceaseless pain If there I meet tliy gentle presence not.
Nor hoar the voice I love, nor rend agoin In thy sereiiest eyes tlie tender thought.
Will not thy own meek hourt demand me there—
That heart whoso fondest throbs to mo wero given? My name on earth was ever in thy prayer—
Shall it be banished from thy tonguo in Heaven! In meadows famed by Heaven's lifo-brcathing wind
In tbo resplendence ofthat glorious sphere. And larger movements of thc unlettered mind.
Wilt thou forget the lovo that joined us here?
The lovc tbat lived tbrough all tho stormy past. And meekly with my harsher naturo bore,
And deeply grew tho tenderer to thc his't, Slmll it expire with lifo and be no morel
A happier lot than mine, and larger light Await thee there, for thou bast bowed thy will
In obeorful homage to the rulo of right. And lovest all, und rondorest good for ill.
For me, the sordid cares In wbieh I divell.
Shrink and consume tbe heart, as boat the scroll;
And wrath has loft its soar—the firo of hell Has left its frightful scar upon my soul.
Yet though thou wear'st tho glory of the sky. Wilt thou not koep tho same beloved namo.
The same fair, thoughtful brow and genllo eye, Lovlier in Heaven's sweet climate, yot the ismet
THE WISE SCIIEIH.
Thc Itlechauic.
ur EPIS SA ROENT.
The cnmp has bad its day of song, Thc sword, tho bayonet, tho pliimo Has crowded out of rhyme too long Thc plough, tho anvil nnd tho loom! 0, uot upon our touted fields Are freedom's horoos bred alone; The training of tho workshop yields More hcroca true thnn War bus known!
Who drives tho bolt, who shapes tho steal. Slay, with a heart ns valient, smito. And ho who scos a foeman reel In blood bcfoic his blow of might! Tho skill tbat conquers spaco and timo. That graces life, tbat lightens toil, Mny spring from courage more sublime Than that wbich makos a rdm its spoil.
Let labor, then, look np snd soo His ci'dlY no path of honor hick.s; Tho soldier's riflo yct shall bo Loss honored than tho woodman's axo! Let art his own appointment prize, Nor deem that gold or outwnrd height Can compen^ii.tetbe worth tbni !ic3 In tastes tbat brood their own delight.
And may tbo time draw nearer still When men this sacred trutli shall heed. That from tho thougbt and from tho will Must all that raises man ppjccoii! Though Pride should hold our calling low. For us sball duty mako it goo'I: And WB from Iruth to truth shall go, Till life and doalh aro uuderstood.
Worn an.
Perhaps, fm- out at soa, thou may'st hnvo found Some ii!an, bald cliff—a lonely patch ofground. Alien amidst the waters—some poor islo Whore .umtrer blooms wcro never known to smile. Or trcc-i to yield tlieir verdure—yot around That barren spot tho dimpling surges throng. Cheering ii. witb thoir low and pluintivo song. And clasping the deserted cast-away In a most strict einbra':o—and all along Its margin rendering IVcely its array Of treasured shell and coral. Thus wo may Note love in fuithful woman; oft among Tho rudest shocks of life's wide sca she sbaros Man's lot, and more than half tho burden bears. Around who-e path are Uowcrs strewn by hcr ten¬ der cares.
^g^lt has been shrewdly said, thnt when i abuse ns, wo should suspect ourselves, and when they praise 115, tbem. It is u raro instance of vir¬ tue to despise censure, which wo dn not deserve; and still moro raro, to despise praise, which do deserve. But the integrity that lives only ou opinion, would sturvo without it; nnd that tlicatii- cal kiud of virtue, which reiiiiiies publicity for its stago, und un applauding world for its audience, could not bo depcndeil on, in thc secresy of snli¬ tude, or the retiiemeut ofa dosert.
To cite the examples of history, in order to animate us to virtuo, or to arm ns witb fortitude, is to call up the illustrious de.'ul, to inspire nnd to improve tbc living. Hut the usage of those civil¬ ians who cite vicious authorities, for worso pur¬ poses, and enforce tho nio.*t absurd pracliee, by the oldest precedent, is to bci]ueiilli to us as an heir¬ loom, the error ofour furefathors; to confera kind of immortality on folly, mnking the dead more powerful than time, nnd m'jre sagneions thnn ex¬ perience, by suhjeetiiig tboso that aro u^oii the onrth, to the perpetual mal-government of tboso that are beneath it.—hicon.
I^'lt is singular how slippery a little brandy Uld water will make Iht siJe-wnlki.
Ix the district of Fcrdj' Onnh, Algorin, (whieh signifies Fine Countrg,) lives a Sclieik, named Eou-Aka.s-ben-Achoiir. lie is nlso distinguished by the surnumo of Bou-DJe.iioni (tbo Mau of tho Knire,J and mny bo regarded ns a typo of tho Eastern Arab. His ancestors conquered Fcrdj' Onnh, but bc has been forced to acknowledge thc supremacy of France, by paying a yearly tribute of eighty thousand francs. Ilis dominion extends from Milah to Rabouub, nnd from the southern point of Babour to within two leagues of Gigclli. lie is forty-nine years old, and wears tho Rahylc costume; that is to say, a woollen ganilourn, con¬ fined by a lenthcrii belt. Ho carric? a jmir of pis¬ tols in his girdle, by his side the Riibylo^isso, nnd suspended from bis neck a smnll blnck knife.
Before hiin walks a nogro, carrying his gun and ft huge greyhound bounds along by his side. He holds desjiotic sway over twelve tribes; and sbonld nny neighbouring pcopic venlure to make un ex¬ cursion intohis territory, Bou-Akas seldom con¬ descends to march ngninst tbem in person, but sends his nogro into the principal vilbige. This envoy jnst displays the giin of Bou-Akas, nnd tho injury is instantly repaired.
He keeps in pay two or three hundred Tolbas to read tbc Koran to the people; every pilgrim goin; to Mecca, nnd pnssing through Fcrdj' Onnh, re¬ ceives three frnnes, nnd may rcuinin na long ns he pleases to enjoy the hospitality of Bon-Akas.— But whenever the Sclieik diseiivci's tbnt he has been deceived by a protended pilgrim, bo immodi¬ ntely despatches emissaries after tbc imposter wbo, wherever ho is, find bim, throw bim down, nnd give him fifty blows on tho soles ofhis feet.
Briu-Akns sometimes entertains three biuldrcd persons nt dinner; but instead of slinringtheir re¬ past, ho wnlks ronnd the table with a baton in bis band, seeing thr.t the servnnts attend properly to bis guests. Aftenvards, if aiiythiug is left, hc ents; but not until the others have finished.
AVhon tbo Governor of Consfnntinoplo, tho on¬ ly man whose power hc recognises, sends him n traveller, according tothe rank oftho latter, orthe naturo of the recommendation, Buu-Akas gives hitn his gun, bis dog, orhis knife. Ifthoguu, thc traveller takes it on bis shoulder ; if thc dog, hc leads it in a Icasli; or if thc knifo he hangs it round bis neck; and with nny onc oflhose potent talismans, of whicb cacb bears its own degiee of honor, tho stranger passes through tho region of the twelve tribes, not only nnscalbed, but, as the guest of Bou-Akas, treateil with the utmost hos¬ pitality. When tbc traveller is about to lonvc Fordj' Onnh, hc consigns tho knifo, thc Oog, or tli gun to the cnre of tbc first Arab bo meets. If tl: Arab is bunting, bc leaves the ebasc ; if liibouriii in the field, he leaves bis |ilongh ; and taking the precious deposit, hastens to restore It to Bou- Akas.
The black-lmndled knife is so well known, that it hns given the suriianio of "Bon-l")jcnoiii, the Mnn of the Knife," to its owner. With this im¬ plement, hc is nccustomed to cut off heads, when¬ ever he t,ikes a fancy to perform that agreeable oflico willl his own hand.
When firi't Bou-Akas assumed the government tho conntry was invested with robbers, but hc speedily found meuns to extirpate them. Ilo dis¬ guised himself ns a poor merchant; walked out, nnd dropped a doiiro (a gold coin) on the ground, taking care not to lose sight of it. If the porson whu happened to pick up the rfoiiro put it into bis pocket and passed on, Bou-Akas made a sign to his chinau-r, fwliti followed him, also iu disguise, und knew the Scboik's will,) who rushed forwurd immediately, and decapitated the oflender.
In consequence ofthis summary way of adiiiin- istering justice, it is a snying amongst the Arabs, that a child might trnvcrso thc regions which own Boii-Akns's swny, weaving a golden crown on his bead, without n singlo hand being stretched out to tnke it.
Tho Scbeik has grent respect for women, nnd has ordered thnt when the women of Fcrdj' Onnh go out to draw wator, every man who moots them shnll turn awny his bend.
AVishing onc i'..:\ to ascertain whether bis com¬ mnnds were attended to, ho wont out in disguiso; and meeting n beuutiful z\rnb maid on bcr way to tbo well, appoacheil and saluted hcr.
Tho girl looked nt him witb nmazoinont and said :
'• Pass 011, stranger; thou knowest not tho risk thou hnst run."
And when Bou-Akas persisted in speaking to hor, she added :—
" Foolish man, nnd reckless ofyour lifo ; know¬ est thou not tbat weare in the country of Boii- Djcuoni, wbo causes all women to be held iu re¬ spect i"
Bou-Akas is very strict in his roliiiiouS obser¬ vances ; ho novor omits his prayers nnd nbliitions, nnd hns four wives, the niiniber penuittod by the Koran. Having bcnrd thnt the Cadi of one of his twelve tribes ndministercd justico in nn ud- mirable mnnncr, nnd pronouneed decisions in a stylo worlhy of King .Solomon himself, Bou-Akas, likon second Harouiid-Al-Riischid, determined to judge for hiniselfas to the truth oftho report.
Accordingly, dressed like a privuto individual, without arms or attendants, he sot out for the Cndi'stown, mounted on a docile Avii'iian steed.
He urrivod thore, nnd wasjust entering tho gato, when a cripple, seizing llic border of bis burnous, asked him for alms in the nnmo oftho Prophet.— Bou-Akns gave hiin monoy, but tbo cripple still mnininincu his hobl.
" What dost thou want!" a.sked the Schcik —" 1 have alreaily given theo alms."
" Yes," replied the beggar but the lnw says not only—' Thou ilialt givo alms to thy brother,' hut
nlso,' Thou shnlt do for thy brother whatsoever thou cnnst.'" " Well! nnd what can I do for theo ?" " Tbon canst save ino—poor crawling creature that I uin—from being trodden under the feet of men, horses, mules and ciimols, which would cer¬ tninly happen to mc in passing through the crowd¬ ed square, in which a fair is now going on." " And how can I save thcc ?" " By letting mo rido behind thoe, nnd putting mc down safely in tbo market-place, where I have business."
" Bc it so," replied Bou-Akas. And utooping down, be helped the cripple to got up behind hiui; n business whicii wus not nccomplislicd witbuut much difliculty.
The strangoly-nssortcd riders nttrneted many eyes as tbey pns.sed through the crowded streets; and at length tbey renched thc mnrket-plnce.
" Is this where you wish to stop ?" asked Bou- Akas. " Yes."
" Then get down." " Get down yourself." "What for?"
" To loavo mo thc horse." " To leave you my horse ! AVlmt menn you by tbnt?"
*' I moan tbut ho belongs to me. Know you not that we arc now in the towu of the just Cadi, and lhat if wc bring the case before him hc will certainly decide in iny fiivour V'
" AVhy should bo do so, when the animal belongs to mc ?"
" Don't you think thnt when be sees us two— you with your strong, straight limbs, which Allah hns given you for the purpose of wnlking, and I with my weak logs nnd distorted feet—ho will de¬ cree that the horse should belong to him who has most need of it ?"
" Should ho do so, ho woubl not bo thejust Cadi," said Bou-Akas.
" Oh !as to tbat," replied the cripiilo laughing, "althoiigli ho is just, he is not infallible."
*' So!" thought tho Schcik to himself, "this will bo a capital opportunity of judging the judge."— lie snid aloud, "I am content—wc will go before the Cadi."
Arrived nt the triluinal, wlierc tbc judge, nc¬ eording to the Kastern custom, was piibliely nd- ministeriiig justice, tbey found tbnt two trials were about to go on, nnd would of course tukc precedence of theirs.
Thc first wns between a fahb, or Icaniod man, nnd n peasant. The point in dispute was the ta- leb's wife, whom the peasant bad carried oft', and whom be asserted to bc his own bettor half, in the facc of the philosopher, who demanded bcr res¬ toration.
The womnn, stiingo circumstance! remained obstinately silent, and would nol dechii-c for either; a fcnturo in the case Avliicb rendered its decision excessively diflicult. Tbc judge henrd both sides attentively, rollected fur a moment, nnd then snid: *' I..eave thc womnn here, nnd return to-morrow." Thc saraiit nnd the laborer each bowed nnd re¬ tired, and the next cnuso was called.
This was a diflerence between a hutcher and an oil-seller. The latter appeared, covered with oil, and the former was sprinkled with blood. Tho butcher spoke flrst:— "I wcut to buy some oil from this man, and in order to pay him forit, I drew a handful of mon¬ ey liom my purse. The sight of the money temp¬ ted him. He scizcd inc by the wrist. I cried out, hut bc would not let me go; and bore we arc, hav¬ ing come before your worship, I holding my mon¬ ey in my hand, und hc stiil grasping my wrist.— Now I swear by Iho Prophet, that this man is a liar, when he snys that I stole his money, for thc money is truly mine own." Then spoko tbc oil-merchant:— " This man came lo purchase oil from me.— AA'hen bis bottlo w.is filled, he said, ' Have you change fiir a piece ofgold?' I searched my pocket, nnd drew out my hand full of money, which I laiil on a beii(;h in my shop. Ilc scizcd it, and was walking off with my money and my oil, when I cnught him by tbo wrist, and cried out, *Robbor!' In spite of my cries, however, ho would not sur¬ render thc money, so I brought bim here, that yo'ir worship might decide tbc ease. Now, I swear hy the Prophet that tbis man is a liar, when bc savs that I wnnt to steal his monev, for it is trulv
The Cadi caused each pliiintilV to repeat his story, but neither varied one jut from his original statement. Ho reflected fiir a moment, and then said, "Leavo tbo money with mo and retuni to¬ morrow."
The butcher placed the coins, wbich he had never let go, on the edge of the Cadi's mantle.— After which, ho nnd bis opponent bowed to tho tribunnl, aud dcpnrtcd.
It wns now the turn of Bou-Akns and the crip¬ ple.
" My lord Cadi," snid thc former, " I cnmo hither from a distant country, with the intention ofpuvehasing merchandise. Atthe city gate I met tbis cripple, who asked first for alms, and then prayed mc tn allow him to rido behind mc through tho streets, lest bo should bo trodden down by the crowd. I consented, but when we reached the mnrket-phice, he refused to get down, nsserting tbnt my horse belonged to him, nnd that your worship would surely ndjiidgc it'to bim wbo wnntcd it most. Thnt my lord Cadi, is precisely the stato of tho caso—I swear it, by Mahomet!"
" My lord," said the cripple, "as I wns coming on businoss to the market, and riding tbis horse, which belongs to me, I saw tbismnn seated by tbo road-sido, apparently half dead from fiitiguo. I good-nntiircdly oliercd to tako bim upon tlic crup¬ per, nnd lot him rido as far as the mnrket-plnoo,
and be eagcily thanked mc. But what was my nstonisliniLiit, wben, on our arrival, be refused to get down, and said that my horse was bis. I im¬ mediately reiiuired bim to appear hefore your wor¬ ship, in order that you might decide between us. That is the true stute of the caso—I swenr it, by Mahomet!''
Having made each repeat bis deposition, and having reflected for a moment, the Cadi said, " Leave the horse here, nud retuni to-morrow." It wns done, nnd Bou-Akns nnd tho cripjdo withdrew, in difierent directions. On the morrow, a number of persons besides those immediately in¬ terested in tho trinls, assembled to licnr tho judge's Iceision. Thc tiileb and thc pcnscnt were cnlled first. " Tnke awny tby wife," snid the Cadi to the formor, "and keep hor, I adviso thee, in good or¬ der."
Then, turning towards bis chlnaux, he ndded, pointing to tho pcisant, " Givo tbis«man fifty blows."
He was instantly obeyed, and the lideb carried oft' his wil'e.
Then came furward the oil-merchant nnd the butcher.
" Here," said the Cadi tothe butcher, "is thy nioney; it is truly thine, und not his." Then pointing to the oil-nierclinnt, ho said to his chi- tuiii.r, "Givc this man fifty blows."
It was done, and thc butcthcr went awny ill tri¬ umph with his money.
The third cause was called, anil Bon-Akas and tho cripple cnme forwnrd.
"Would'st tliou recognise thy horse amongst twenty others?" snid tho judgo to Bou-Akn.«. " A'es my lord," " And thou!"
" Certninly my lord," replied the cripiilo. " Follow mc," suid the Cadi to Bou-Akns. They entered a large stalile, and Bou-Akns pointed out his horse amongst tweuly which wcro standing side by side.
"'Tis well," said the judgo. "Retnrn now to the tribunal, und send mc tbine adversary liitlier." The disguised Sclieik obeyed, delivered his mes¬ snge, and the cripple hastened to tbo stable, as quickly ns his distorted linibs ullriwcd. llo pos¬ sessed quick eyes and a guod memory, so that be was able, without the slighiest hesitatiun, to place bis hands on the right animal.
" 'Tis well," said the Cadi; " return tu tho tri¬ bunnl."
Ilis worship resumed his jilncc, ntid when tbc cripple arrived, judgement was proiKumccd.
" The horse is thine," snid tlie Cadi to Bou- Akns. " Go to the stable nnd tako him." Then to tbc chinaiij-, " Give this cripple fifty blows."
It wns done; and Bou-Akas went to take llis horse.
AA'bcn the (^adi, nfler concbiding the business of tbc day, was retiring to his house, hc found liuu-Akas waiting fur him.
" Art thou discontented with my award i" ask¬ ed the judge.
" Nu, quite the contrary," replied the Sclieik, " But I want to ask by what inspiration thou luft rendered justiee ; fur I doubt not that the oti two cases wcro decided as equitably as mine. I am not a merchant; I nm Bon-Akas, Schcik of Fcrdj' Onali, and I wanted to judge for myself of thy reputed wisdom."
The Cadi bowed to tho ground, and kissed bis master's liniid.
*' I am anxious," said Bou-Akas, " to know the
reasons which determined your three decisions."
" Nothing, my lurd, can bc more simple. A'ou
highness snw that I detained for a night tho thre
tilings in dispute ?"
"¦ I did."
" Well early in tbc niorning I cansed the wo man to bc called, nnd I said tober suddenly, 'Put fresli ink into my inkstand.' Liko a porson who had done the same thing a hundred tinies befo' she took the bottle, removed the cotton, washed tbem both, put iu the cotton again, and poured in fresh ink, doing it all ivilh the utmost neatness and dexterity. .So I said to myself * A peasant's wifo wnubl know nulbing about inkstands—sho must belung to tbo Inlcl,.' "
" Guod," said liou-.Vkas, nodding his head.— " And the money 1"
" Did your higbiicss remark tbat the merchant
had bis clutlies and bands covered with oil!
" Certainly, I did."
" AVell; I took tbc money, and placed it in a
vessel filled witb water. This morning I loukcd
ut it, and not a particle uf oil was to ho seen on
the surfiice of the water. So I said to myself, * If
this money belonged to tho oil-merchant it '
bc groasy, frum tho tnueh of his hand us it is not
so, thc butcher's story must bc true.' "
Bou-Akas nodded, in token uf approval
" Good," said hc. "And my hurse?"
" Ab ! that was a dirtci'cnl business ; and until
tbis morning, I wa« gently puzzled."
" The cripple, I suppose, did not recognise thc animal f"
" On thc contrary, bc pointed him out in: diately."
" How then did you discover that ho was tho owner?"
" My object in brinning you sepnrntety to the stable, was not to seo whether yuu would know the Iiorse, but wbetber the horso would ncknowl- edge you. Xow, when you npproached bim, the creature turned townrds you, lnid bnck his cnrs, nnd neighed with delight; but when the cripple touched bim. he kicked. Thon I knew that you weru truly his master." Buu-Akas thought for a moment, and then snid: •' Allah has given theo great wisdom. Thou ougbtest to be in my place, und I in thine. And yet, I kuuw not; tliliu art ccrlainly wortby tu be Schcik, but I fear that I should but badly fill thy plnco as Cndi I"
Uo-w to do it.
There is nothing to be gained in dangling for a twelvo month afler a sensible womnn, talking iin- meaiiing stuff—words without wisdom. Tell her your wish like n mnn, nnd not liko a blubbering schoolboy. She will never trifle with your afl'cc¬ tions; nnd if there are threo grains of conimon sense in your muckle carcass, she will be your own before a month bns passed. Sco tbo history of Rebecca, in Genesis, 54tli chapter, 57tli verse. AVhen Abrnbnm's scrvnnt had concluded tbe prc- liminnry nrrangemcnts with Mrs. Lahnn, on the [lait of hcr daughter, to become thc wife of Isaac, thc old man wns nn.xioiis to get bumc, to show his young master tbe bonny lass ho had brought with him; the mother asked him to remain a few days, to recruit himself and bis camels. Hc persisting, it was finally referred to the duuglitcr. 'Wo will call the damsel, and inquire at bcr moulb,' said the mother. AA'hen Rebecca appeared, her moth¬ er asked—'Wilt tliou go witb this man?' Rcliec¬ ca replied—'I will go.' There was a noblo girl fur you. Xo tear starting from her black eyes: no whining, nor simpering make-believe, nor mock modesty; but what her heart wished, her lips uttered. Liko an honost maiden, she replied, 'I will go.' Now young ladies, go and do like¬ wise. AVhen tho man whom you prefer befuro all others in the world, says, 'Will you go with me?' answer, 'I will go.' By-lhc-bye, ladie.s, when yoll wish to read a true, simple aud unsopbisticn- ted 1(110 story, just read over tho twenty-fourth eliaptcr of Genesis.
Flavoring Icc Crcaiu.
In n neigbboring town, during ''Court week," a goodly company was nssembled nt n public din¬ er tnble, nnd among them a wag whoni wc may all Dr. Blank, and a country "gentleman of tli jury." The doctur despised icecream, aud the ju¬ ryman not knowing what it was, looked at the ductor when the nrticle camo on, to sec how he would dispose ofit. Tlic latter perceiving that bis neighbor was in a duiilitfiil slate of mind, took some cream upon his plate, smoothed offthe top. covered with black pepper, and made a hole in tin. centre and poured in some vinegar. The stran¬ ger reached over the castor, nnd obtniuiug thc condiiiicut.s, did likewise. He then took a spoon ful of the prepared article into his muuth, gave one look urnniid tbe table, and "cut." The com¬ pany ofeourso could all s:iy wilh tho victim ''i
atflVCCttltUVrtU
state Agricultural Fair.
Tothe Piople of Peiins./lvtinla.
It will nut be forgotten that the Slate Agricul - tural .Society of Pennsylvania has fi.xed Harris¬ hurg ns tbc place, and the 23d, 2Itb and 2.5th of October next, as tho timo for their Annual Exhi¬ bition. There is no State in the Cnion whose climate, soil, nnd the hnbits of whose poople af¬ ford moro nmple resources than our own for a credilable exhibition of llieir skill and indnstry. There is nothing raised, grown or manufactured upon tho face oftlie earth, which is not more or less interesting in tbc study and science of Agri¬ culture. The Farmer, tbo Horticulturist, tho Inventor, the Mechanic, arc all cordially and ear¬ nestly invited to contribute and partake in the in¬ terest which will bo excited by the occnsion; and especially do we invite tho nid, countenance and presence of our mothers nnd daughters, upon wbo.-iC handywork nnd good oxamplo wo are so dependent for all tho domeslio comforts oflife.
Arrangements aro now being made for enclo¬ sing thc grounds, and pioviding separate and safe places fiir nil animnls and articles whieb sball bo presented fiir exhibition. All the canals and rail¬ ways oftho Stato will be open frco of chnrge for tbeir transportation to H.irrisburg; nnd visitors will como and go on thera nt cno half tho usual rntes.
The youngmcn oftho Stnto nro reminded thnt the Ploughing Match will afl'ord tbem au oppor¬ tunity fov tbo display of their skill, the training of their teams and tbo filness oftheir implements,
AA'bilo wo address this communication to the people ofour State, it will not be understood that it is designed to exclude tbo cit!:?cns of other Stales; mucb less to nvoid the honorable compoti- tiun which their eontribiitious mny afl'ord. Nuw is the time to prepare. By direction of tho Ex¬ ecutive Committee.
FREDERICK WATTS, I'resident ofthe .Stale Agricultural Society.
Carlisle, May 28, 1831.
l^*y"Tlie first consideration ivith a knave is hnw to help himself, nud the second, how lodo it witb nn nppearance of helping you. Dionysius, the tyniiir, stripped tbe statute of Jupiter Olympus of a robo of mussy gold, and substituted a cloak of wool, saying—guld is too cold in winter, nud too heavy in suinmer; it behooves us to take caro of .Jujiitcr.
Pauper Iniuiigr.ttion.
Over .''0,0011 emigr.ants from foreign countries, arrived in Xi.'W A''ork during the lnst month, nnd nbont S0,000 in thc Lnilcd Stntes witbin the same period. A number of Ihesc new comers are persons of the right stamp, bard-working, thrifty people, who will make good citizens in a few ycai's to come. By fiir the larger portion, how¬ ever, arc direct from the poor-houses and work- buiiscs of Europe or pauper residents upon the im¬ mense landed estates in Ireland, who aro sent over here by the proprietors in order to get them out uf the way, and bo freed from the burden of their support. Many of these nro siek, mnin nnd blind—tutally unqualified by education or physical aliility to support thcnisclvos—and arc liiniled on our shores wilhout the means to pro¬ cure, or ubility to earn, even tbo common neces¬ saries of life. They fill onr alms-houses, swarm in our eilics and lowns, nnd infest the most romoto rural districts—a burden to the entire communi¬ ty. It is high time a stop was put to the influx of so miserable a population. Congress should take tbo maiter in hand, and adopt stringent meas¬ ures fur tbc resistance of an imposition fraught witb so bad results. Europe, wbose political in¬ stitutions ure so woll cnlculated to mako paupers, should bc compelled to support thom at boiiie.— Thisis one of bcr manitfactiires that tho United .^tatcs can well dispense with.
Admirable! Example.
George A\''nsliingtoii, when young, wns about to go to sea as a midsliipinan; everything was ar¬ ranged, tbc vessel lay oji|i05ile bis father's bouse, the liltio boat bad come on shore to takc him ort; and bis whole beart was bent on going. Aftor his trunk had hoen carried duwu to the bont, bo went to bid his mother fiircwell, and saw the tenrs bursting from bcr eyes. However hc said noth¬ ing to her; but ho saw thnt his mother would bo distressed ifho went, nnd perhaps never be happy ngain. Ho jnst turned round lo the sorvnnt and said, "Gonnd tcll them to fetch my trunk bnck. I will not go awny to break my mother's heart." His mother wns struck with his decision, and she said to bim, "Geurge, God hns prumised to bless the cliildron that bonor their parents, and I bo¬ licvc He will bless you."
Coot..—.\ few dnys sinco, n pood old lady of tbis village, meeting a farmer in the street on a load of bay, inquired ofhim ifit was for sale; on being answered in the nfTirmativo, she requested bim to turn bis leam nround and drivo toher hus¬ band's barn-yard, some quarter ofa milc distant. Her request was complied with; nnd afier tbo bnrii-ynrd wns reached, the old Indy informod tbc teamster thnt she wnnled a cciU's worth of hug fur Am's iicsts, nnd that whilo ho wns throwing it off the would step into the bouse and get the change!
Root Croji!).
Some years ngo n great deal was sai'l in f'avor of raising roots Ibr stock, nnd many farmers worn into the business to n lai'gc extent. They did not all realize tbcir ardent expectations, and some have aliandonctl raising roots altogether. Others raise thom, and with a profit, as they consider.
There is no donbt that the value of root cropi have been over estimated by somo, whilo otliem consider theni unprofitable without having innda a fair experiment. Some farmers who aro situa¬ ted ncar a maiket, prefer feeding their cows on Indian meal, shorts, and oil cake, to raising root! for tbem; nnd in such pinces it migbt bo moro prufitnble to raise vegetnbles for market than to raise roots for cows, while other good food for them may be conveniently obtained nt a moder¬ ate price.
But in the interior, where meal, grain, oil-cako, &c., nre higher, we believo lhat many furmer.s will find it profitable to raiso roots for stock. They are good for working cattle, gruwing cattle and milch cows; also ior borses, sheep and swine. With roots, young cattle may bo fed on coarst* fodder, and kept in a thriving condition in winter, and tbey will be less linble to disease than if fed on dry fodder. AA'orking eattle will be more henlthy if nllowed a moderate poriion of roots. Milch cows fc'l pHrtially on roots, will givo more milk, nnd ifthe roots nre of the right kind, the milk will he rich, nud tbey will be less linble to disenso than wheu t'ed on other food. Horses aro kept in better condition, in winter, when fed partinlly on roots, instead of wholly on grain and menl, with the exception of hay. Sheep sufler much in wiu¬ ter from being kept so lung from the ground, and meal and grain are no good substitutes for green food. Koots aro better to keep tbem in good con¬ dition.
Animals nrc in the most ihriving state when feeding on green herbage; nud roots nfford tlicm a succulent fuod in winter resembling the green food of summcr, or nt least it is the bost substi¬ tute for it.
A grent objection to raising root crops is the expense in weeding, and this applies particularly to carrots, from tho large nuinher of plants that are necessary. But this objection may bo obvia¬ ted, in a pri':'.t measure, by beginning in season, and pi eparing and manuring the ground, lato in tho fuller enrly in the spring, niid stirring it oecasion- nlly in spring, as the woods start up, until the timo of sowing, and soaking the seeds, nnd allowing ihem to remain in a moist state, till almost ready to sprout, nnd then sow uu a fine freshly stirred soil, nnd the plants will start beforo the weeds, and thc weeding will cost but a trifle, compared with Iho old method. In this way a pieco of car¬ rels may bo hoed with one-fourth the usual ei- pense.—A'. E. Fiirmer.
Flat Turnips.
The difficulty of obtaining fino crops ofthis rool, on clayey soils, bas ofteii been noticed. A neighbor succeeds finely in all cases by tho fol¬ luwing mode:--He spreads old straw over thc sur¬ face, and burns it, which destroys thc insects, im¬ plores the soil, and gives it a coating of ashes; then sows his seed. A gnod crop always results. A good crop of turnips may oflen ho had, witb al¬ most no cost, by sowing the seed among potatoe* at tbo time tbe latter recoive thoir last hoeing.
I^f If improved horses, cattle, sheep, swine, und jioultry were gpuerally reared throughout tha country, it would udd several millions annatllf to the valua ofour agricultntol product!.

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VOLUME XVL
HUNTINGDON, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 185L
NUMBER 23.
The Future I^ife.
BV WILLIAM C. BRYANT.
How shall I know thcc in tbo sphere nhicb keeps The discmbodie-.l spirits of the dead?
Wlien all of thee that tims could wither sloepi And perishes among the dust wo trcadi
For I shnll foel tho "ting of ceaseless pain If there I meet tliy gentle presence not.
Nor hoar the voice I love, nor rend agoin In thy sereiiest eyes tlie tender thought.
Will not thy own meek hourt demand me there—
That heart whoso fondest throbs to mo wero given? My name on earth was ever in thy prayer—
Shall it be banished from thy tonguo in Heaven! In meadows famed by Heaven's lifo-brcathing wind
In tbo resplendence ofthat glorious sphere. And larger movements of thc unlettered mind.
Wilt thou forget the lovo that joined us here?
The lovc tbat lived tbrough all tho stormy past. And meekly with my harsher naturo bore,
And deeply grew tho tenderer to thc his't, Slmll it expire with lifo and be no morel
A happier lot than mine, and larger light Await thee there, for thou bast bowed thy will
In obeorful homage to the rulo of right. And lovest all, und rondorest good for ill.
For me, the sordid cares In wbieh I divell.
Shrink and consume tbe heart, as boat the scroll;
And wrath has loft its soar—the firo of hell Has left its frightful scar upon my soul.
Yet though thou wear'st tho glory of the sky. Wilt thou not koep tho same beloved namo.
The same fair, thoughtful brow and genllo eye, Lovlier in Heaven's sweet climate, yot the ismet
THE WISE SCIIEIH.
Thc Itlechauic.
ur EPIS SA ROENT.
The cnmp has bad its day of song, Thc sword, tho bayonet, tho pliimo Has crowded out of rhyme too long Thc plough, tho anvil nnd tho loom! 0, uot upon our touted fields Are freedom's horoos bred alone; The training of tho workshop yields More hcroca true thnn War bus known!
Who drives tho bolt, who shapes tho steal. Slay, with a heart ns valient, smito. And ho who scos a foeman reel In blood bcfoic his blow of might! Tho skill tbat conquers spaco and timo. That graces life, tbat lightens toil, Mny spring from courage more sublime Than that wbich makos a rdm its spoil.
Let labor, then, look np snd soo His ci'dlY no path of honor hick.s; Tho soldier's riflo yct shall bo Loss honored than tho woodman's axo! Let art his own appointment prize, Nor deem that gold or outwnrd height Can compen^ii.tetbe worth tbni !ic3 In tastes tbat brood their own delight.
And may tbo time draw nearer still When men this sacred trutli shall heed. That from tho thougbt and from tho will Must all that raises man ppjccoii! Though Pride should hold our calling low. For us sball duty mako it goo'I: And WB from Iruth to truth shall go, Till life and doalh aro uuderstood.
Worn an.
Perhaps, fm- out at soa, thou may'st hnvo found Some ii!an, bald cliff—a lonely patch ofground. Alien amidst the waters—some poor islo Whore .umtrer blooms wcro never known to smile. Or trcc-i to yield tlieir verdure—yot around That barren spot tho dimpling surges throng. Cheering ii. witb thoir low and pluintivo song. And clasping the deserted cast-away In a most strict einbra':o—and all along Its margin rendering IVcely its array Of treasured shell and coral. Thus wo may Note love in fuithful woman; oft among Tho rudest shocks of life's wide sca she sbaros Man's lot, and more than half tho burden bears. Around who-e path are Uowcrs strewn by hcr ten¬ der cares.
^g^lt has been shrewdly said, thnt when i abuse ns, wo should suspect ourselves, and when they praise 115, tbem. It is u raro instance of vir¬ tue to despise censure, which wo dn not deserve; and still moro raro, to despise praise, which do deserve. But the integrity that lives only ou opinion, would sturvo without it; nnd that tlicatii- cal kiud of virtue, which reiiiiiies publicity for its stago, und un applauding world for its audience, could not bo depcndeil on, in thc secresy of snli¬ tude, or the retiiemeut ofa dosert.
To cite the examples of history, in order to animate us to virtuo, or to arm ns witb fortitude, is to call up the illustrious de.'ul, to inspire nnd to improve tbc living. Hut the usage of those civil¬ ians who cite vicious authorities, for worso pur¬ poses, and enforce tho nio.*t absurd pracliee, by the oldest precedent, is to bci]ueiilli to us as an heir¬ loom, the error ofour furefathors; to confera kind of immortality on folly, mnking the dead more powerful than time, nnd m'jre sagneions thnn ex¬ perience, by suhjeetiiig tboso that aro u^oii the onrth, to the perpetual mal-government of tboso that are beneath it.—hicon.
I^'lt is singular how slippery a little brandy Uld water will make Iht siJe-wnlki.
Ix the district of Fcrdj' Onnh, Algorin, (whieh signifies Fine Countrg,) lives a Sclieik, named Eou-Aka.s-ben-Achoiir. lie is nlso distinguished by the surnumo of Bou-DJe.iioni (tbo Mau of tho Knire,J and mny bo regarded ns a typo of tho Eastern Arab. His ancestors conquered Fcrdj' Onnh, but bc has been forced to acknowledge thc supremacy of France, by paying a yearly tribute of eighty thousand francs. Ilis dominion extends from Milah to Rabouub, nnd from the southern point of Babour to within two leagues of Gigclli. lie is forty-nine years old, and wears tho Rahylc costume; that is to say, a woollen ganilourn, con¬ fined by a lenthcrii belt. Ho carric? a jmir of pis¬ tols in his girdle, by his side the Riibylo^isso, nnd suspended from bis neck a smnll blnck knife.
Before hiin walks a nogro, carrying his gun and ft huge greyhound bounds along by his side. He holds desjiotic sway over twelve tribes; and sbonld nny neighbouring pcopic venlure to make un ex¬ cursion intohis territory, Bou-Akas seldom con¬ descends to march ngninst tbem in person, but sends his nogro into the principal vilbige. This envoy jnst displays the giin of Bou-Akas, nnd tho injury is instantly repaired.
He keeps in pay two or three hundred Tolbas to read tbc Koran to the people; every pilgrim goin; to Mecca, nnd pnssing through Fcrdj' Onnh, re¬ ceives three frnnes, nnd may rcuinin na long ns he pleases to enjoy the hospitality of Bon-Akas.— But whenever the Sclieik diseiivci's tbnt he has been deceived by a protended pilgrim, bo immodi¬ ntely despatches emissaries after tbc imposter wbo, wherever ho is, find bim, throw bim down, nnd give him fifty blows on tho soles ofhis feet.
Briu-Akns sometimes entertains three biuldrcd persons nt dinner; but instead of slinringtheir re¬ past, ho wnlks ronnd the table with a baton in bis band, seeing thr.t the servnnts attend properly to bis guests. Aftenvards, if aiiythiug is left, hc ents; but not until the others have finished.
AVhon tbo Governor of Consfnntinoplo, tho on¬ ly man whose power hc recognises, sends him n traveller, according tothe rank oftho latter, orthe naturo of the recommendation, Buu-Akas gives hitn his gun, bis dog, orhis knife. Ifthoguu, thc traveller takes it on bis shoulder ; if thc dog, hc leads it in a Icasli; or if thc knifo he hangs it round bis neck; and with nny onc oflhose potent talismans, of whicb cacb bears its own degiee of honor, tho stranger passes through tho region of the twelve tribes, not only nnscalbed, but, as the guest of Bou-Akas, treateil with the utmost hos¬ pitality. When tbc traveller is about to lonvc Fordj' Onnh, hc consigns tho knifo, thc Oog, or tli gun to the cnre of tbc first Arab bo meets. If tl: Arab is bunting, bc leaves the ebasc ; if liibouriii in the field, he leaves bis |ilongh ; and taking the precious deposit, hastens to restore It to Bou- Akas.
The black-lmndled knife is so well known, that it hns given the suriianio of "Bon-l")jcnoiii, the Mnn of the Knife," to its owner. With this im¬ plement, hc is nccustomed to cut off heads, when¬ ever he t,ikes a fancy to perform that agreeable oflico willl his own hand.
When firi't Bou-Akas assumed the government tho conntry was invested with robbers, but hc speedily found meuns to extirpate them. Ilo dis¬ guised himself ns a poor merchant; walked out, nnd dropped a doiiro (a gold coin) on the ground, taking care not to lose sight of it. If the porson whu happened to pick up the rfoiiro put it into bis pocket and passed on, Bou-Akas made a sign to his chinau-r, fwliti followed him, also iu disguise, und knew the Scboik's will,) who rushed forwurd immediately, and decapitated the oflender.
In consequence ofthis summary way of adiiiin- istering justice, it is a snying amongst the Arabs, that a child might trnvcrso thc regions which own Boii-Akns's swny, weaving a golden crown on his bead, without n singlo hand being stretched out to tnke it.
Tho Scbeik has grent respect for women, nnd has ordered thnt when the women of Fcrdj' Onnh go out to draw wator, every man who moots them shnll turn awny his bend.
AVishing onc i'..:\ to ascertain whether bis com¬ mnnds were attended to, ho wont out in disguiso; and meeting n beuutiful z\rnb maid on bcr way to tbo well, appoacheil and saluted hcr.
Tho girl looked nt him witb nmazoinont and said :
'• Pass 011, stranger; thou knowest not tho risk thou hnst run."
And when Bou-Akas persisted in speaking to hor, she added :—
" Foolish man, nnd reckless ofyour lifo ; know¬ est thou not tbat weare in the country of Boii- Djcuoni, wbo causes all women to be held iu re¬ spect i"
Bou-Akas is very strict in his roliiiiouS obser¬ vances ; ho novor omits his prayers nnd nbliitions, nnd hns four wives, the niiniber penuittod by the Koran. Having bcnrd thnt the Cadi of one of his twelve tribes ndministercd justico in nn ud- mirable mnnncr, nnd pronouneed decisions in a stylo worlhy of King .Solomon himself, Bou-Akas, likon second Harouiid-Al-Riischid, determined to judge for hiniselfas to the truth oftho report.
Accordingly, dressed like a privuto individual, without arms or attendants, he sot out for the Cndi'stown, mounted on a docile Avii'iian steed.
He urrivod thore, nnd wasjust entering tho gato, when a cripple, seizing llic border of bis burnous, asked him for alms in the nnmo oftho Prophet.— Bou-Akns gave hiin monoy, but tbo cripple still mnininincu his hobl.
" What dost thou want!" a.sked the Schcik —" 1 have alreaily given theo alms."
" Yes," replied the beggar but the lnw says not only—' Thou ilialt givo alms to thy brother,' hut
nlso,' Thou shnlt do for thy brother whatsoever thou cnnst.'" " Well! nnd what can I do for theo ?" " Tbon canst save ino—poor crawling creature that I uin—from being trodden under the feet of men, horses, mules and ciimols, which would cer¬ tninly happen to mc in passing through the crowd¬ ed square, in which a fair is now going on." " And how can I save thcc ?" " By letting mo rido behind thoe, nnd putting mc down safely in tbo market-place, where I have business."
" Bc it so," replied Bou-Akas. And utooping down, be helped the cripple to got up behind hiui; n business whicii wus not nccomplislicd witbuut much difliculty.
The strangoly-nssortcd riders nttrneted many eyes as tbey pns.sed through the crowded streets; and at length tbey renched thc mnrket-plnce.
" Is this where you wish to stop ?" asked Bou- Akas. " Yes."
" Then get down." " Get down yourself." "What for?"
" To loavo mo thc horse." " To leave you my horse ! AVlmt menn you by tbnt?"
*' I moan tbut ho belongs to me. Know you not that we arc now in the towu of the just Cadi, and lhat if wc bring the case before him hc will certainly decide in iny fiivour V'
" AVhy should bo do so, when the animal belongs to mc ?"
" Don't you think thnt when be sees us two— you with your strong, straight limbs, which Allah hns given you for the purpose of wnlking, and I with my weak logs nnd distorted feet—ho will de¬ cree that the horse should belong to him who has most need of it ?"
" Should ho do so, ho woubl not bo thejust Cadi," said Bou-Akas.
" Oh !as to tbat," replied the cripiilo laughing, "althoiigli ho is just, he is not infallible."
*' So!" thought tho Schcik to himself, "this will bo a capital opportunity of judging the judge."— lie snid aloud, "I am content—wc will go before the Cadi."
Arrived nt the triluinal, wlierc tbc judge, nc¬ eording to the Kastern custom, was piibliely nd- ministeriiig justice, tbey found tbnt two trials were about to go on, nnd would of course tukc precedence of theirs.
Thc first wns between a fahb, or Icaniod man, nnd n peasant. The point in dispute was the ta- leb's wife, whom the peasant bad carried oft', and whom be asserted to bc his own bettor half, in the facc of the philosopher, who demanded bcr res¬ toration.
The womnn, stiingo circumstance! remained obstinately silent, and would nol dechii-c for either; a fcnturo in the case Avliicb rendered its decision excessively diflicult. Tbc judge henrd both sides attentively, rollected fur a moment, nnd then snid: *' I..eave thc womnn here, nnd return to-morrow." Thc saraiit nnd the laborer each bowed nnd re¬ tired, and the next cnuso was called.
This was a diflerence between a hutcher and an oil-seller. The latter appeared, covered with oil, and the former was sprinkled with blood. Tho butcher spoke flrst:— "I wcut to buy some oil from this man, and in order to pay him forit, I drew a handful of mon¬ ey liom my purse. The sight of the money temp¬ ted him. He scizcd inc by the wrist. I cried out, hut bc would not let me go; and bore we arc, hav¬ ing come before your worship, I holding my mon¬ ey in my hand, und hc stiil grasping my wrist.— Now I swear by Iho Prophet, that this man is a liar, when he snys that I stole his money, for thc money is truly mine own." Then spoko tbc oil-merchant:— " This man came lo purchase oil from me.— AA'hen bis bottlo w.is filled, he said, ' Have you change fiir a piece ofgold?' I searched my pocket, nnd drew out my hand full of money, which I laiil on a beii(;h in my shop. Ilc scizcd it, and was walking off with my money and my oil, when I cnught him by tbo wrist, and cried out, *Robbor!' In spite of my cries, however, ho would not sur¬ render thc money, so I brought bim here, that yo'ir worship might decide tbc ease. Now, I swear hy the Prophet that tbis man is a liar, when bc savs that I wnnt to steal his monev, for it is trulv
The Cadi caused each pliiintilV to repeat his story, but neither varied one jut from his original statement. Ho reflected fiir a moment, and then said, "Leavo tbo money with mo and retuni to¬ morrow."
The butcher placed the coins, wbich he had never let go, on the edge of the Cadi's mantle.— After which, ho nnd bis opponent bowed to tho tribunnl, aud dcpnrtcd.
It wns now the turn of Bou-Akns and the crip¬ ple.
" My lord Cadi," snid thc former, " I cnmo hither from a distant country, with the intention ofpuvehasing merchandise. Atthe city gate I met tbis cripple, who asked first for alms, and then prayed mc tn allow him to rido behind mc through tho streets, lest bo should bo trodden down by the crowd. I consented, but when we reached the mnrket-phice, he refused to get down, nsserting tbnt my horse belonged to him, nnd that your worship would surely ndjiidgc it'to bim wbo wnntcd it most. Thnt my lord Cadi, is precisely the stato of tho caso—I swear it, by Mahomet!"
" My lord," said the cripple, "as I wns coming on businoss to the market, and riding tbis horse, which belongs to me, I saw tbismnn seated by tbo road-sido, apparently half dead from fiitiguo. I good-nntiircdly oliercd to tako bim upon tlic crup¬ per, nnd lot him rido as far as the mnrket-plnoo,
and be eagcily thanked mc. But what was my nstonisliniLiit, wben, on our arrival, be refused to get down, and said that my horse was bis. I im¬ mediately reiiuired bim to appear hefore your wor¬ ship, in order that you might decide between us. That is the true stute of the caso—I swenr it, by Mahomet!''
Having made each repeat bis deposition, and having reflected for a moment, the Cadi said, " Leave the horse here, nud retuni to-morrow." It wns done, nnd Bou-Akns nnd tho cripjdo withdrew, in difierent directions. On the morrow, a number of persons besides those immediately in¬ terested in tho trinls, assembled to licnr tho judge's Iceision. Thc tiileb and thc pcnscnt were cnlled first. " Tnke awny tby wife," snid the Cadi to the formor, "and keep hor, I adviso thee, in good or¬ der."
Then, turning towards bis chlnaux, he ndded, pointing to tho pcisant, " Givo tbis«man fifty blows."
He was instantly obeyed, and the lideb carried oft' his wil'e.
Then came furward the oil-merchant nnd the butcher.
" Here," said the Cadi tothe butcher, "is thy nioney; it is truly thine, und not his." Then pointing to the oil-nierclinnt, ho said to his chi- tuiii.r, "Givc this man fifty blows."
It was done, and thc butcthcr went awny ill tri¬ umph with his money.
The third cause was called, anil Bon-Akas and tho cripple cnme forwnrd.
"Would'st tliou recognise thy horse amongst twenty others?" snid tho judgo to Bou-Akn.«. " A'es my lord," " And thou!"
" Certninly my lord," replied the cripiilo. " Follow mc," suid the Cadi to Bou-Akns. They entered a large stalile, and Bou-Akns pointed out his horse amongst tweuly which wcro standing side by side.
"'Tis well," said the judgo. "Retnrn now to the tribunal, und send mc tbine adversary liitlier." The disguised Sclieik obeyed, delivered his mes¬ snge, and the cripple hastened to tbo stable, as quickly ns his distorted linibs ullriwcd. llo pos¬ sessed quick eyes and a guod memory, so that be was able, without the slighiest hesitatiun, to place bis hands on the right animal.
" 'Tis well," said the Cadi; " return tu tho tri¬ bunnl."
Ilis worship resumed his jilncc, ntid when tbc cripple arrived, judgement was proiKumccd.
" The horse is thine," snid tlie Cadi to Bou- Akns. " Go to the stable nnd tako him." Then to tbc chinaiij-, " Give this cripple fifty blows."
It wns done; and Bou-Akas went to take llis horse.
AA'bcn the (^adi, nfler concbiding the business of tbc day, was retiring to his house, hc found liuu-Akas waiting fur him.
" Art thou discontented with my award i" ask¬ ed the judge.
" Nu, quite the contrary," replied the Sclieik, " But I want to ask by what inspiration thou luft rendered justiee ; fur I doubt not that the oti two cases wcro decided as equitably as mine. I am not a merchant; I nm Bon-Akas, Schcik of Fcrdj' Onali, and I wanted to judge for myself of thy reputed wisdom."
The Cadi bowed to tho ground, and kissed bis master's liniid.
*' I am anxious," said Bou-Akas, " to know the
reasons which determined your three decisions."
" Nothing, my lurd, can bc more simple. A'ou
highness snw that I detained for a night tho thre
tilings in dispute ?"
"¦ I did."
" Well early in tbc niorning I cansed the wo man to bc called, nnd I said tober suddenly, 'Put fresli ink into my inkstand.' Liko a porson who had done the same thing a hundred tinies befo' she took the bottle, removed the cotton, washed tbem both, put iu the cotton again, and poured in fresh ink, doing it all ivilh the utmost neatness and dexterity. .So I said to myself * A peasant's wifo wnubl know nulbing about inkstands—sho must belung to tbo Inlcl,.' "
" Guod," said liou-.Vkas, nodding his head.— " And the money 1"
" Did your higbiicss remark tbat the merchant
had bis clutlies and bands covered with oil!
" Certainly, I did."
" AVell; I took tbc money, and placed it in a
vessel filled witb water. This morning I loukcd
ut it, and not a particle uf oil was to ho seen on
the surfiice of the water. So I said to myself, * If
this money belonged to tho oil-merchant it '
bc groasy, frum tho tnueh of his hand us it is not
so, thc butcher's story must bc true.' "
Bou-Akas nodded, in token uf approval
" Good," said hc. "And my hurse?"
" Ab ! that was a dirtci'cnl business ; and until
tbis morning, I wa« gently puzzled."
" The cripple, I suppose, did not recognise thc animal f"
" On thc contrary, bc pointed him out in: diately."
" How then did you discover that ho was tho owner?"
" My object in brinning you sepnrntety to the stable, was not to seo whether yuu would know the Iiorse, but wbetber the horso would ncknowl- edge you. Xow, when you npproached bim, the creature turned townrds you, lnid bnck his cnrs, nnd neighed with delight; but when the cripple touched bim. he kicked. Thon I knew that you weru truly his master." Buu-Akas thought for a moment, and then snid: •' Allah has given theo great wisdom. Thou ougbtest to be in my place, und I in thine. And yet, I kuuw not; tliliu art ccrlainly wortby tu be Schcik, but I fear that I should but badly fill thy plnco as Cndi I"
Uo-w to do it.
There is nothing to be gained in dangling for a twelvo month afler a sensible womnn, talking iin- meaiiing stuff—words without wisdom. Tell her your wish like n mnn, nnd not liko a blubbering schoolboy. She will never trifle with your afl'cc¬ tions; nnd if there are threo grains of conimon sense in your muckle carcass, she will be your own before a month bns passed. Sco tbo history of Rebecca, in Genesis, 54tli chapter, 57tli verse. AVhen Abrnbnm's scrvnnt had concluded tbe prc- liminnry nrrangemcnts with Mrs. Lahnn, on the [lait of hcr daughter, to become thc wife of Isaac, thc old man wns nn.xioiis to get bumc, to show his young master tbe bonny lass ho had brought with him; the mother asked him to remain a few days, to recruit himself and bis camels. Hc persisting, it was finally referred to the duuglitcr. 'Wo will call the damsel, and inquire at bcr moulb,' said the mother. AA'hen Rebecca appeared, her moth¬ er asked—'Wilt tliou go witb this man?' Rcliec¬ ca replied—'I will go.' There was a noblo girl fur you. Xo tear starting from her black eyes: no whining, nor simpering make-believe, nor mock modesty; but what her heart wished, her lips uttered. Liko an honost maiden, she replied, 'I will go.' Now young ladies, go and do like¬ wise. AVhen tho man whom you prefer befuro all others in the world, says, 'Will you go with me?' answer, 'I will go.' By-lhc-bye, ladie.s, when yoll wish to read a true, simple aud unsopbisticn- ted 1(110 story, just read over tho twenty-fourth eliaptcr of Genesis.
Flavoring Icc Crcaiu.
In n neigbboring town, during ''Court week," a goodly company was nssembled nt n public din¬ er tnble, nnd among them a wag whoni wc may all Dr. Blank, and a country "gentleman of tli jury." The doctur despised icecream, aud the ju¬ ryman not knowing what it was, looked at the ductor when the nrticle camo on, to sec how he would dispose ofit. Tlic latter perceiving that bis neighbor was in a duiilitfiil slate of mind, took some cream upon his plate, smoothed offthe top. covered with black pepper, and made a hole in tin. centre and poured in some vinegar. The stran¬ ger reached over the castor, nnd obtniuiug thc condiiiicut.s, did likewise. He then took a spoon ful of the prepared article into his muuth, gave one look urnniid tbe table, and "cut." The com¬ pany ofeourso could all s:iy wilh tho victim ''i
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state Agricultural Fair.
Tothe Piople of Peiins./lvtinla.
It will nut be forgotten that the Slate Agricul - tural .Society of Pennsylvania has fi.xed Harris¬ hurg ns tbc place, and the 23d, 2Itb and 2.5th of October next, as tho timo for their Annual Exhi¬ bition. There is no State in the Cnion whose climate, soil, nnd the hnbits of whose poople af¬ ford moro nmple resources than our own for a credilable exhibition of llieir skill and indnstry. There is nothing raised, grown or manufactured upon tho face oftlie earth, which is not more or less interesting in tbc study and science of Agri¬ culture. The Farmer, tbo Horticulturist, tho Inventor, the Mechanic, arc all cordially and ear¬ nestly invited to contribute and partake in the in¬ terest which will bo excited by the occnsion; and especially do we invite tho nid, countenance and presence of our mothers nnd daughters, upon wbo.-iC handywork nnd good oxamplo wo are so dependent for all tho domeslio comforts oflife.
Arrangements aro now being made for enclo¬ sing thc grounds, and pioviding separate and safe places fiir nil animnls and articles whieb sball bo presented fiir exhibition. All the canals and rail¬ ways oftho Stato will be open frco of chnrge for tbeir transportation to H.irrisburg; nnd visitors will como and go on thera nt cno half tho usual rntes.
The youngmcn oftho Stnto nro reminded thnt the Ploughing Match will afl'ord tbem au oppor¬ tunity fov tbo display of their skill, the training of their teams and tbo filness oftheir implements,
AA'bilo wo address this communication to the people ofour State, it will not be understood that it is designed to exclude tbo cit!:?cns of other Stales; mucb less to nvoid the honorable compoti- tiun which their eontribiitious mny afl'ord. Nuw is the time to prepare. By direction of tho Ex¬ ecutive Committee.
FREDERICK WATTS, I'resident ofthe .Stale Agricultural Society.
Carlisle, May 28, 1831.
l^*y"Tlie first consideration ivith a knave is hnw to help himself, nud the second, how lodo it witb nn nppearance of helping you. Dionysius, the tyniiir, stripped tbe statute of Jupiter Olympus of a robo of mussy gold, and substituted a cloak of wool, saying—guld is too cold in winter, nud too heavy in suinmer; it behooves us to take caro of .Jujiitcr.
Pauper Iniuiigr.ttion.
Over .''0,0011 emigr.ants from foreign countries, arrived in Xi.'W A''ork during the lnst month, nnd nbont S0,000 in thc Lnilcd Stntes witbin the same period. A number of Ihesc new comers are persons of the right stamp, bard-working, thrifty people, who will make good citizens in a few ycai's to come. By fiir the larger portion, how¬ ever, arc direct from the poor-houses and work- buiiscs of Europe or pauper residents upon the im¬ mense landed estates in Ireland, who aro sent over here by the proprietors in order to get them out uf the way, and bo freed from the burden of their support. Many of these nro siek, mnin nnd blind—tutally unqualified by education or physical aliility to support thcnisclvos—and arc liiniled on our shores wilhout the means to pro¬ cure, or ubility to earn, even tbo common neces¬ saries of life. They fill onr alms-houses, swarm in our eilics and lowns, nnd infest the most romoto rural districts—a burden to the entire communi¬ ty. It is high time a stop was put to the influx of so miserable a population. Congress should take tbo maiter in hand, and adopt stringent meas¬ ures fur tbc resistance of an imposition fraught witb so bad results. Europe, wbose political in¬ stitutions ure so woll cnlculated to mako paupers, should bc compelled to support thom at boiiie.— Thisis one of bcr manitfactiires that tho United .^tatcs can well dispense with.
Admirable! Example.
George A\''nsliingtoii, when young, wns about to go to sea as a midsliipinan; everything was ar¬ ranged, tbc vessel lay oji|i05ile bis father's bouse, the liltio boat bad come on shore to takc him ort; and bis whole beart was bent on going. Aftor his trunk had hoen carried duwu to the bont, bo went to bid his mother fiircwell, and saw the tenrs bursting from bcr eyes. However hc said noth¬ ing to her; but ho saw thnt his mother would bo distressed ifho went, nnd perhaps never be happy ngain. Ho jnst turned round lo the sorvnnt and said, "Gonnd tcll them to fetch my trunk bnck. I will not go awny to break my mother's heart." His mother wns struck with his decision, and she said to bim, "Geurge, God hns prumised to bless the cliildron that bonor their parents, and I bo¬ licvc He will bless you."
Coot..—.\ few dnys sinco, n pood old lady of tbis village, meeting a farmer in the street on a load of bay, inquired ofhim ifit was for sale; on being answered in the nfTirmativo, she requested bim to turn bis leam nround and drivo toher hus¬ band's barn-yard, some quarter ofa milc distant. Her request was complied with; nnd afier tbo bnrii-ynrd wns reached, the old Indy informod tbc teamster thnt she wnnled a cciU's worth of hug fur Am's iicsts, nnd that whilo ho wns throwing it off the would step into the bouse and get the change!
Root Croji!).
Some years ngo n great deal was sai'l in f'avor of raising roots Ibr stock, nnd many farmers worn into the business to n lai'gc extent. They did not all realize tbcir ardent expectations, and some have aliandonctl raising roots altogether. Others raise thom, and with a profit, as they consider.
There is no donbt that the value of root cropi have been over estimated by somo, whilo otliem consider theni unprofitable without having innda a fair experiment. Some farmers who aro situa¬ ted ncar a maiket, prefer feeding their cows on Indian meal, shorts, and oil cake, to raising root! for tbem; nnd in such pinces it migbt bo moro prufitnble to raise vegetnbles for market than to raise roots for cows, while other good food for them may be conveniently obtained nt a moder¬ ate price.
But in the interior, where meal, grain, oil-cako, &c., nre higher, we believo lhat many furmer.s will find it profitable to raiso roots for stock. They are good for working cattle, gruwing cattle and milch cows; also ior borses, sheep and swine. With roots, young cattle may bo fed on coarst* fodder, and kept in a thriving condition in winter, and tbey will be less linble to disease than if fed on dry fodder. AA'orking eattle will be more henlthy if nllowed a moderate poriion of roots. Milch cows fc'l pHrtially on roots, will givo more milk, nnd ifthe roots nre of the right kind, the milk will he rich, nud tbey will be less linble to disenso than wheu t'ed on other food. Horses aro kept in better condition, in winter, when fed partinlly on roots, instead of wholly on grain and menl, with the exception of hay. Sheep sufler much in wiu¬ ter from being kept so lung from the ground, and meal and grain are no good substitutes for green food. Koots aro better to keep tbem in good con¬ dition.
Animals nrc in the most ihriving state when feeding on green herbage; nud roots nfford tlicm a succulent fuod in winter resembling the green food of summcr, or nt least it is the bost substi¬ tute for it.
A grent objection to raising root crops is the expense in weeding, and this applies particularly to carrots, from tho large nuinher of plants that are necessary. But this objection may bo obvia¬ ted, in a pri':'.t measure, by beginning in season, and pi eparing and manuring the ground, lato in tho fuller enrly in the spring, niid stirring it oecasion- nlly in spring, as the woods start up, until the timo of sowing, and soaking the seeds, nnd allowing ihem to remain in a moist state, till almost ready to sprout, nnd then sow uu a fine freshly stirred soil, nnd the plants will start beforo the weeds, and thc weeding will cost but a trifle, compared with Iho old method. In this way a pieco of car¬ rels may bo hoed with one-fourth the usual ei- pense.—A'. E. Fiirmer.
Flat Turnips.
The difficulty of obtaining fino crops ofthis rool, on clayey soils, bas ofteii been noticed. A neighbor succeeds finely in all cases by tho fol¬ luwing mode:--He spreads old straw over thc sur¬ face, and burns it, which destroys thc insects, im¬ plores the soil, and gives it a coating of ashes; then sows his seed. A gnod crop always results. A good crop of turnips may oflen ho had, witb al¬ most no cost, by sowing the seed among potatoe* at tbo time tbe latter recoive thoir last hoeing.
I^f If improved horses, cattle, sheep, swine, und jioultry were gpuerally reared throughout tha country, it would udd several millions annatllf to the valua ofour agricultntol product!.